Word: podium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...good to Bob. The first order of business was the presentation of a Paul Revere Bowl or something to Bob for being a great patriot. He got more of these before he left, and similar awards were given away more or less as party favors to those on the podium...
When Casals finally came on, he was helped up to the podium. He began to conduct sitting down. But the music soon brought him to his feet to urge his fellow musicians forward. Time may have taken its physical toll of Casals the cellist. But as the evening showed, his conducting seems to improve with age. He had strong control, and he got exactly what he wanted from both music and orchestra. When he took up his baton the years vanished...
...That Failed, New Fabian Essays. and The Government and the Governed. His current identity as one of the most powerful politicians in the Wilson Cabinet pokes through the do??sb mannerisms: the gray hair parts in the middle, the glasses slide down his nose, the fingers clench in good podium style, the wrinkles of the mouth detect a sly grin. The Opposition must think him a sassy socialist...
...political direction. On April 15, two days before the invasion, Fidel spoke at the funeral for the victims of the CIA bombings. He declared for the first time that Cuba was a socialist country. Alberto was part of Fidel's guard at the speech. "We stood below the podium where he was speaking. What he said was not a surprise. We already considered, ourselves socialist. For most of the Cubans it wasn't a surprise...
Most impressive were the rhythmic vivacity and metric nimbleness of the performance. They seemed to derive from the darting dance of the director, who stood, without podium or score, in the center of the semicircle of singers and lunged at each vocal line as it materalized...